| Competences |
| Type A | Code | Competences Specific |
| Professional | ||
| AP1 | A1.1. Formulate strategies to collate data for the design and application of conceptual and calculation models aimed at improving understanding of complex systems of engineering and environmental management. | |
| AP2 | A1.2. Analyze the dynamic interactions in complex systems in the environment and general surroundings. | |
| AP3 | A1.3. Provide scientific evaluations for developing policies and taking decisions that are sustainable and environmentally friendly. | |
| Type B | Code | Competences Transversal |
| Professional | ||
| BP1 | B1.1. Communicate and discuss proposals and conclusions in a clear and unambiguous manner in specialized and non-specialized multilingual forums. | |
| BP2 | B1.2. Adapt to a changing environment. | |
| BP3 | B2.1. Influence and guide others to improve performance. | |
| BP4 | B2.2. Provide guidelines to define and achieve objectives. | |
| BP6 | B3.1. Work in a team with responsibilities shared among multidisciplinary, multilingual and multicultural teams. | |
| BP7 | B4.1. Show commitments to an attitude of continuous learning | |
| BP8 | B4.2. Learn autonomously and with initiative. | |
| BP9 | B5.1. Work autonomously, responsibly and with initiative in a research and innovation context. | |
| Type C | Code | Competences Nuclear |
| Common | ||
| CC1 | Have an intermediate mastery of a foreign language, preferably English | |
| CC2 | Be advanced users of the information and communication technologies | |
| Learning aims |
| Objectives | Competences | ||
| Defineix mesures preventives, estableix sistemes de tractament de la contaminació, i gestiona els recursos de l'aigua. | AP2 AP3 |
BP1 BP2 BP3 BP6 BP7 BP8 BP9 |
CC1 CC2 |
| Integra els coneixements per a la realització d'un avantprojecte i estudis de viabilitat | AP1 AP2 AP3 |
BP1 BP2 BP3 BP4 BP6 BP7 BP8 BP9 |
CC1 CC2 |
| Contents |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| 1. INTRODUCTION: | - The need for advanced treatments. - Legislation and treatments: drinking water and water reuse. |
| 2. MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGIES: | - Membranes (UF, NF, RO) and their applications (drinking water, reuse, desalination). - Basic principles, synthesis of membranes, transport mechanisms, driving force, types of membranes and modules |
| 3. MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS: | - Membrane Bioreactors (MBR): concepts, advantages and inconveniences. - Moving bed biofilm reactors (MBBR): approaches |
| 4. ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESSES (AOPs) | - AOPs based on H2O2 - AOPs based on UV-vis radiation - AOPs based on ozone - Wet air oxidation (WAO) and catalytic wet air oxidation (CWAO) - Combination of AOPs and biological systems |
| Planning |
| Methodologies :: Tests | |||||||||
| Competences | (*) Class hours | Hours outside the classroom | (**) Total hours | ||||||
| Introductory activities |
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0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | |||||
| Problem solving, classroom exercises |
|
9 | 14.4 | 23.4 | |||||
| Lecture |
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8 | 12 | 20 | |||||
| Laboratory practicals |
|
9 | 13.5 | 22.5 | |||||
| Personal tuition |
|
0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | |||||
| Mixed tests |
|
2 | 3 | 5 | |||||
| Practical tests |
|
1 | 1.5 | 2.5 | |||||
| (*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher. (**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students. | |||||||||
| Methodologies |
| Description | |
| Introductory activities | Activities designed to make contact with students, collect information from them and introduce the subject. |
| Problem solving, classroom exercises | Formulation, analysis, resolution and debate of a problem or exercise related to the topic of the subject. |
| Lecture | Description of the contents of the subject. |
| Laboratory practicals | Practical application of the theory of a knowledge area in a particular context. Practical exercises in the different laboratories. |
| Personal tuition |
| Personalized attention |
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| Assessment |
| Description | Weight | ||
| Problem solving, classroom exercises | During the problems sessions some individual exercises will be performed under the supervision of the teacher, and the student will be asked to submit them to the teacher after the session to be corrected and evaluated | 20% | |
| Practical tests | Report of lab practices / Discussion and solving of an open problem or case, which can be performed individually or in groups | 40% | |
| Mixed tests | Final test that combines exercices, questions to develop, short objective questions and / or multiple choice tests | 40% | |
| Other comments and second exam session | |||
| Sources of information |
| Basic |
S. Vigneswaran and C. Visvanathan , Water Treatment Processes: Simple Options (New Directions in Civil Engineering) by S, 1995, CRC-Press;
Metcalf & Eddy, Wastewater Engineering Treatment and Reuse, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2003
A.C. van Haandel, J. van der Lubbe, Handbook of Biological Wastewater Treatment: Design and Optimisation of Activated Sludge Systems, 2nd ed., IWA Publishing, 2012 |
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| Complementary |
American Water Works Association , Tratamiento del agua por procesos de membrana: principios, procesos y aplicaciones, McGraw-Hill, 1998
S. Parsons, Advanced oxidation processes for water and wastewater treatment, IWA Publishing, 2004 |
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| Recommendations |
(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.